Silken Ladder (IRE)
Silken Ladder won two handicaps from 16 starts on turf, the first at Killarney over 1m to 1m1f on soft ground in May 2022 off an official rating of 67 and the second at Gowran Park over 6f to 7f on good ground in Jun 2022 off an official rating of 74. She raced eight times at Gowran Park and three times at Killarney. Her last run, at Galway in Aug 2023, saw her finish 7 of 16 in the Ardilaun Hotel Handicap off an official rating of 70, 19lb below her highest ever mark.
- 2–16Wins / Runs
- 12.5%Strike rate
- 2 (12.5%)Placed
- −9.25£1 level staken=16 at SP
- 1.26Fair A/E n=16 · 1.05 incl. margin
- 89Highest OR
- 46dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 99
How fast the horse ran, as points against the day-corrected standard time for its course and distance: 100 is the median GB Class 4 handicap winner on that code; one point is 0.1% of the standard time. A, B or C is how much the day's card could tell us, not how good the run was. What this means →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 10 | 92C | 86.5 | — |
| Good | 3 | 100A | 99 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 8 | 100A | 88 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 7 | 92C | 86 | — |
Of 16 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 16 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast
Both figures are KTB's own, computed from the archive; no vendor rating enters either. Every run's figure is on its form line below with its grade. Grades measure how much the archive could see, never the merit of the run.
Run style is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 6,335 runs since Jan 2008 (707 horses).
Weakest on good to soft going: 9% from 612. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.6% from 185.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 16 | 5 | 31.3% | +19.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 927 | 122 | 13.2% | +1.1 | — |
| Good | 1,489 | 181 | 12.2% | +0.1 | 1 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 612 | 55 | 9% | −3.1 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 845 | 110 | 13% | +0.9 | 1 from 10 |
| Heavy | 285 | 37 | 13% | +0.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 2,161 | 256 | 11.8% | −0.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 911 | 122 | 13.4% | +1.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3,391 | 440 | 13% | +0.9 | 1 from 9 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,183 | 131 | 11.1% | −1 | 1 from 7 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 583 | 54 | 9.3% | −2.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 185 | 14 | 7.6% | −4.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 77 | 5 | 6.5% | −5.6 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −12.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Luker's Tipple (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 6f–2m2f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Green Pursuit (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luker's Tipple (IRE) | 25 | 3 | 1m7½f–2m2f | — |
| Green Pursuit (IRE) | 18 | 1 | 6f | Class 5 |
| Who's In Midfield (IRE) | 10 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 10 | 1 | 10% | −5.50 |
| Good | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.75 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gowran Park | 6 | 1 | 17% | −3.75 |
| Killarney | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.50 |
| Galway | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Curragh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 9 | 1 | 11% | −6.75 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 7 | 1 | 14% | −2.50 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Carroll | 11 | 2 | 18% | −4.25 |
| Ben Coen | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ronan Whelan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Gavin Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 11 | 2 | 18% | −4.25 |
| Hood | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2 | 25% | −1.25 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
Splits include every sample, however small — muted rows are under 3 runs. A one-from-one record is a fact, not a trend: read the Runs column before the strike rate.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 05 Aug 23+18d | Galway | Ardilaun Hotel Handicap (50-75) | 7/16 | nk | 9-11 | 70 | 78C | 77A | Gary Carroll | 11/1 |
| 18 Jul 23+24d | Killarney | William Hill Lengthen Your Odds Handicap | 9/15 | nk | 9-10 | 71 | 91C | 79A | Gary Carroll | 6/1 |
| 24 Jun 23+6d | Limerick | Limerick Racecourse Fillies Handicap (50-80) | 4/5 | ½ | 9-11 | 73 | 84C | 77B | Ben Coen | 5/1 |
| 18 Jun 23+17d | Gowran Park | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Handicap | 7/9 | 2 | 9-12 | 76 | 89A | 76A | Gary Carroll | 11/1 |
| 01 Jun 23+22d | Roscommon | Roscommon Fillies Handicap | 4/9 | 2¾ | 9-11 | 79 | 99A | 88A | Gary Carroll | 25/1 |
| 10 May 23+225d | Gowran Park | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Handicap | 8/8 | 1½ | 9-5 | 79 | 87C | 53C | Gavin Ryan | 14/1 |
| 2022 · 8 runs | ||||||||||
| 27 Sep 22+10d | Cork | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Handicap | 8/10 | ½ | 10-1 | 83 | 93A | 72A | Gary Carroll | 18/1 |
| 17 Sep 22+51d | Gowran Park | Gowran Park For Golf Race | 6/8 | 2¼ | 9-5 | 85 | 84A | 72A | Ben Coen | 18/1 |
| 28 Jul 22+15d | Galway | Arthur Guinness Irish EBF Corrib Fillies Stakes (Fillies' And Mares' Listed) | 13/14 | 5½ | 9-0 | 89 | — | 44A | Gary Carroll | 33/1 |
| 13 Jul 22+11d | Killarney | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Cairn Rouge Stakes (Fillies' & Mares' Listed) | 9/11 | 1 | 9-0 | 89 | 83A | 74A | Ronan Whelan | 25/1 |
| 02 Jul 22+20d | Naas | Care At Home Services Race | 4/5 | 2 | 9-5 | 89 | 81C | 69B | Gary Carroll | 2/1F |
| 12 Jun 22+26d | Gowran Park | Golf At Gowran Park Handicap (47-75) | 1/10 | 9-13 | 74 | 100A | 98A | Gary Carroll | 5/4F | |
| 17 May 22+13d | Killarney | Irish Examiner Handicap | 1/13 | 9-4 | 67 | 92C | 87A | Gary Carroll | 7/2F | |
| 04 May 22+202d | Gowran Park | Open Singles Thursdays Maiden | 5/16 | ¾ | 9-3 | — | 86C | 69A | Gary Carroll | 20/1 |
| 2021 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 14 Oct 21+26d | Curragh | Bill Hanlon Memorial Irish European Breeders Fund Maiden | 10/16 | ¾ | 9-2 | — | 87C | 60A | Gary Carroll | 10/1 |
| 18 Sep 21 | Gowran Park | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden | 5/16 | ¾ | 9-2 | — | 85C | 79A | Ronan Whelan | 80/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Silken Ladder won?
- Silken Ladder (IRE) won 2 of 16 archived starts between 2021 and 2023, a strike rate of 12.5%. Placed 2 times in total (12.5% of starts).
- Who trained Silken Ladder?
- Silken Ladder (IRE) was trained by Joseph G Murphy on the most recent run on record, at Galway on 5 August 2023.
- Who is Silken Ladder's sire?
- Silken Ladder (IRE) is by No Nay Never (USA) out of High Regards (IRE), whose sire is High Chaparral.
- What going does Silken Ladder prefer?
- Silken Ladder (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Silken Ladder's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 70, from the run on 5 August 2023. The highest on record is 89.
- What is Silken Ladder's sire's record?
- No Nay Never (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 6,335 runs since Jan 2008 (707 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good to soft going: 9% from 612. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.6% from 185.
- Who are Silken Ladder's siblings?
- Out of High Regards (IRE), Silken Ladder (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Luker's Tipple (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Green Pursuit (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–2m2f. As at Oct 2026.